Leslie Kouba

Columnist Leslie Kouba reflects on how motherhood evolved across generations — and how modern expectations leave many women balancing impossible demands.

What started as a Cleveland experiment has since grown into a statewide program that sends public money to private schools, with little accountability and mounting questions about what it’s costing public districts, writes Leslie Kouba.

Memorial Day honors U.S. service members who died while serving, their grieving families and the fallen from the Iran war, facing their first Memorial Day without their loved ones.

With prices high and the world feeling heavy, a scaled-back summer close to home may be a chance to rediscover simple joys, silliness and the restorative power of doing less, writes Leslie Kouba.

Pride Month celebrations matter, but the need for LGBTQ+ legal help and advocacy continues long after the parades and parties are over, writes columnist Leslie Kouba.

Columnist Leslie Kouba considers whether it is time to end her Chick-fil-A boycott, then follows the money and finds her answer.

After hearing what sounded like firecrackers from a rooftop bar in Toledo, columnist Leslie Kouba learned it was gunfire from a mass shooting — a close call that changed how safe even ordinary summer sounds feel.

Columnist Leslie Kouba writes a birthday letter to America, urging its people to defend democracy, decency and the country’s founding promises.

Leslie Kouba criticizes Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose for turning over voter registration information to the federal government, arguing that the move exposed Ohioans’ personal data and underscored the erosion of privacy.

An unexpected connection in a Denver bar offered brief comfort in a country where the lemons keep piling up faster than the lemonade can be made, writes columnist Leslie Kouba.